HCC §3-12
Allowed signs in agricultural and open districts
Read the official text at hawaiicounty.gov ↗In agricultural and open districts, you can put up certain signs if you get a permit. You may have one ground sign up to 8 square feet if the building is at least 30 feet from the street, and one wall sign up to 32 square feet. Both signs must relate to a business on the property.
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The ordinance, as written (Hawaiʻi County) — Signs permitted in agricultural/open districts
A copy, taken August 21, 2026. The version published by Hawaiʻi County is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(RA, FA, A, IA, O). The following signs are allowed, with a permit, in agricultural/open districts (RA, FA, A, IA, O): (a) Ground sign. One ground sign not exceeding eight square feet in area, relating to a business conducted on the premises, provided that the building in front of which the sign is displayed is set back not less than thirty feet from the street. (b) Wall sign. One wall sign, not exceeding thirty-two square feet in area upon any wall of a structure on the premises related to the business conducted on the premises. (2004, ord 04-142, sec 2.)3-12 Division 5. Permits.
Published by the County of Hawaiʻi Office of the County Clerk.
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